[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 65 (Wednesday, April 4, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17925-17926]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-7968]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[OR-026-1610-DE; GP01-0131]


Steens Mountain Advisory Council; Notice of Intent to Establish 
and Call for Nominations

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Burns District, Oregon.

ACTION: Notice of intent to establish and call for nominations for the 
Steens Mountain Advisory Council under the Steens Mountain Cooperative 
Management and Protection Act of 2000 (PL 106-399).

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SUMMARY: BLM is publishing this notice under section 9(a)(2) of the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act. Pursuant to the Steens Mountain 
Cooperative Management and Protection Act of 2000, (Pub. L. 106-399), 
BLM gives notice that the Secretary of the Interior intends to 
establish the Steens Mountain Advisory Council (Council). The notice 
requests the public to submit nominations for membership on the 
Council. The Council is necessary to advise the Secretary and BLM on 
resource management issues associated with the Steens Mountain 
Cooperative Management and Protection Area (CMPA).

DATES: Submit a completed nomination form and nomination letters to the 
address listed below no later than May 4, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send nominations to: Burns District Manager, Burns District 
Office, Bureau of Land Management, HC 74-12533, Hwy. 20 West, Hines, 
Oregon, 97738.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rhonda Karges, Management Support 
Specialist, (541) 573-4433, or Rhonda [email protected] or from the 
following web sites http://www.or.blm.gov/Burns or http://www.or.blm.gov/steens.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Any individual or organization may nominate 
one or more persons to serve on the Steens Mountain Advisory Council. 
Individuals may nominate themselves for Council membership. You may 
obtain nomination forms from the Burns District Office, Bureau of Land 
Management (see ADDRESSES, above). To make a nomination, you must 
submit a completed nomination form, letters of reference from the 
represented interests or organizations, as well as any other 
information that speaks to the nominee's qualifications, to the Burns 
District Office. You may make nominations for the following categories 
of interest:
     A private landowner in the CMPA (appointed from nominees 
submitted by the county court of Harney County);
     Two persons who are grazing permittees on Federal lands in 
the CMPA (appointed from nominees submitted by the county court of 
Harney County);
     A person interested in fish and recreational fishing in 
the CMPA (appointed from nominees submitted by the Governor of Oregon);
     A member of the Burns Paiute Tribe (appointed from 
nominees submitted by the Burns Paiute Tribe);
     Two persons who are recognized environmental 
representatives, one of whom represents the State as a whole, and one 
of whom is from the local area (appointed from nominees submitted by 
the Governor of Oregon);
     A person who participates in what is commonly called 
dispersed recreation, such as hiking, camping, nature viewing, nature 
photography, bird watching, horse back riding, or trail walking 
(appointed from nominees submitted by the Bureau of Land Management);
     A person who is a recreation permit holder or is a 
representative of a commercial recreation operation in the CMPA 
(appointed from nominees submitted by the county court of Harney County 
and the Bureau of Land Management);
     A person who participates in what is commonly called 
mechanized or consumptive recreation, such as hunting, fishing, off-
road driving, hang gliding, or parasailing (appointed from nominees 
submitted by the Bureau of Land Management);
     A person with expertise and interest in wild horse 
management on Steens Mountain (appointed from nominees submitted by the 
Bureau of Land Management);
     A person who has no financial interest in the CMPA to 
represent statewide interests (appointed from nominees submitted by the 
Bureau of Land Management).
    The specific category the nominee would like to represent should be 
identified in the letter of nomination and in the nomination form. The 
Burns District will collect the nomination forms and letters of 
reference and distribute them to the officials responsible for 
submitting nominations (county court of Harney County, the Governor of 
Oregon, the Bureau of Land Management, and the Burns Paiute Tribe). The 
Bureau of Land Management will then forward recommended nominations to 
the Secretary of the

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Interior, who has responsibility for making the appointments.
    The purpose of the Steens Mountain Advisory Council is to advise 
the Bureau of Land Management on the management of the CMPA as 
described in Title 1 of the Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and 
Protection Act of 2000 (PL 106-399). Each member will be a person who, 
as a result of training and experience, has knowledge or special 
expertise which qualifies him or her to provide advice from among the 
categories of interest listed above.
    Members will serve without monetary compensation, but will be 
reimbursed for travel and per diem expenses at current rates for 
Government employees.

    Dated: March 28, 2001.
Nina Rose Hatfield,
Acting Director, Bureau of Land Management.
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